The Cultural Test (Television Programmes) Regulations 2013

PART 4 U.K. General

10.  For the purposes of these Regulations—

(a) a programme is set in the United Kingdom or another EEA state to the extent that it is set in a country which is now part of the United Kingdom or another EEA state;

(b) a programme depicts a British story or a story which relates to another EEA state if the subject matter of the programme or the underlying material on which the programme is based is British or relates to another EEA state;

(c) a person or a character in a programme is from the United Kingdom or another EEA state if the person or character is a national or resident of the United Kingdom or another EEA state (or was a national or resident of a country which is now part of the United Kingdom or another EEA state).

11.  The amount of work that is carried out in the United Kingdom or elsewhere is determined—

(a) for the purposes of regulation 3(6)(a)(i)(aa) (principal photography), by reference to the number of days spent on the work;

(b) for the purposes of the rest of regulation 3(6) and regulation 4(6) (where work carried out), by reference to the amount of expenditure on the work.

12.  No points will be awarded under any provision of regulation 3(6) or 4(6) (where work carried out) in respect of work the expenditure on which is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, insignificant in relation to the expenditure on all the work carried out in the making of the programme.